- Three prints dam. in upper blank margin; all partly foxed.
- Occas. browned.
= I.a. from M.A.P.O. DESMURS, Musée ornithologique illustré, ±1886 (Nissen, IVB 240) and E. LE MAOUT, Histoire naturelle des oiseaux, 1853 (Nissen, IVB 542).
- Professionally restored (old horizontal central flaw/ tear). = Bartsch 7. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCVII.
- Restored copy (closed tears). = Bartsch 22.
- Without the titles and textlvs. First volume most lvs. soiled/ w. stains, mostly in margins; a few prints cut on the platemark and later laid down; the Paradigmata series lacks plate 44 and 47; all plates cut a few mm outside the platemark and tipped-in on contemp. lvs.; a few plates w. sm. stains.
= On the first series ("Icones"): Bolten, Dutch and Flemish Drawing Books p.69-70 describes the editio princeps of ±1669 with a few dedication and contents leaves, the etchings unnumbered. On both series: cf. in extenso: J.G. van Gelder and I. Jost, Jan de Bisschop and his Icones & Paradigmata (...) (Doornspijk, 1985); cf. Hollstein 6 (a very incomplete entry). The first series reproducing Greek and Roman sculpture, the second series after i.a. Caracci, Dominichino and Michelangelo.
- Fine, w. ample margins. = Le Blanc 1, rare early/ first state before the letters. On 18th century laid paper.
- Traces of former tipping-in on verso in corners (partly w. some dam.); vague foxed spot near Gideon's right foot; a few obligue folds in lower left quarter (not visible on recto); trimmed to the border/ just inside top border).
= Hollstein 2, prob. 3rd state (of 5) (before the ribbon on the angel's forehead). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCVII.
- Trimmed to the borderline. = New Hollstein 203, 1st state (of 3). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCVIII.
- All laid down on mount along upper margin; trimmed close to the borderline; a few prints sl. foxed; 1 print w. (water)stain.
= The New Hollstein 127-132, 134-138, 140-143, 145, 148 and 150. Second state (of 2 or 3 (H.136, 148 and 150) or 4 (H.127 and 134)). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCVIII.
- Lacks 1 plate; sl. yellowed; all plates trimmed to the borderline of inner margin and bound between 2 stubs (covering approx. 1-2 mm. of image); all plates with circular stamp on verso reading: "Seine colportage".
- Title engraving sl. yellowed; most leaves dampstained in upper and outer blank margins (plates not affected).
= Orig. published in 1657 w. 52 plates; the present series consist of 6 sets of 8 prints each. Cf. Gumuchian 3413 and 5982. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCIX.
- Cut to/ just outside the borderline. Vaguely foxed/ stained (especially verso is (dust)soiled). = Hollstein 2.
- Tipped onto contemporary mount (probably provided by Ploos). Fine.
= LNP 30, the 4th or 5th state (of 5); Van Huffel 29.
- Fine copy with ample margins (leaf 28,7x34,7 cm.). A few minute foxed spots and some vague creases in blank margins.
= New Hollstein 338, the second and final state. On laid paper with a fleurs-de-lys in mandorla watermark, crowned and w. countermark "MH" [?]. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCIX.
= From Tavole da Imperii ac Sacerdotii Ornatus, Diversarum item Gentium Vestitus e da Omnium Pene Europae, Asiae, Aphricae atque Americae Gentium Habitus (25 plates).
AND a woodcut by Leonhard BECK showing Saint Amelberga (18th cent. edition).
= Consisting of a view (17,9x25,2 cm.) w. (parts of) 5 small other views in left and lower margin, of which 3 w. resp. "Montmartre" and (both in reverse) "au Boulevard des Italiens" and "Chauffeurs publics" in the plate. Beraldi 128.
= I.a. from M. OLIVIER, Entomologie, ou, Histoire naturelle des insectes (Paris, 1789-1808) and W.C. HULLMANDEL a.o., Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies (London, 1856-1876).
= Hollstein 86, 87, 89 and 90, 3rd state (of 4). From a series of 16 prints showing sheep.
Idem. (Title print of the Lions). (Lying lion). Two etchings after Paulus POTTER, ±12,5x16,5 cm., numb. "1" and "2" in the plate.
- Fine w. ample margins. = Hollstein 33 and 34, 2nd (or 3rd) state (of 3). Two prints from the series of Lions.
AND 9 others, i.a. by Karel DUJARDIN, Marcus DE BYE and Gottlieb Friedrich RIEDEL.